Francisco Martínez (anthropologist)

Francisco Martínez (born 1982, Murcia) is an anthropologist dealing with contemporary issues of material culture through ethnographic research. His research was awarded the Early Career Prize of the European Association of Social Anthropologists and is known for its critical insights and experimental style.[1]

Martínez has 15 years of ethnographic experience studying the materiality of political relations in Estonia, Georgia and Portugal. He currently works as a Ramón y Cajal Senior Research Fellow at the University of Murcia, Spain.

Martínez is the author of four monographs, a novel, and several edited volumes and journal issues.[2][3]

He sits in different international boards and has also curated several exhibitions as part of his ethnographic research.[4]

His new book, The Future of Hiding (Cornell University Press, 2025), investigates the intersections of secrecy with energy infrastructure and identity politics in eastern Estonia.[5]

He has a son, Ray, and lives between Estonia and Spain.

References

  1. ^ "Researcher at the University of Helsinki receives the Early Career Award of the European Association of Social Anthropology". Afromoths. September 17, 2018. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  2. ^ "Francisco Martínez". Google Scholar. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  3. ^ "How to Write Things: Fiction, Anthropology and Foreignness in Berlin". Ethnologia Europaea. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  4. ^ "Francisco Martínez, Anthropologist and curator". Frame - Contemporary Art Finland. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
  5. ^ "The Future of Hiding". Cornell University Press. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
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